Barney McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1966) is a jazz pianist and composer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. McAll joined Gary Bartz's band in 1997, and has also played with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB's, Groove Collective, and Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Heartcore". He completed his Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and studied in New York and Cuba. Barney is the brother of pianist John McAll.
Barney McAll | |
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 McAll in New York City | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Barnaby Jonathan McAll |
| Born | 1966 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Keyboards, Bul Bul Tarang, Chucky |
| Labels | ABC Classics Jazzhead Transparent Music Extra Celestial Arts |
| Website | barneymcall |
His ensembles include M.O.D.A.S, GRAFT, ASIO (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit), and Non-Compliance. His most recent ensemble is Precious Energy, which features members from Hiatus Kaiyote, Laneous, and Rita Satch. He released a political Black Mirror pop album in 2018 called Global Intimacy under the pseudonym TQX which features Sia, Kool A.D., Cormega, & Sirah
He was awarded the Australia Council Fellowship in 2007 and worked as musical director for Australian vocalist Sia from 2011 to 2012.
McAll is the 2015 recipient of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks composer residency in Sydney, Australia and curated the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards from 2019 to 2023.
Barney authored a book titled As The Flow Cries – 365 Music Maxims, which presents 365 insights into music drawn from his extensive experience touring and exploring the world of improvised music. He is also currently working on his autobiography, which will share the same title.
He has played on over 100 albums as a sideman and has recorded or toured internationally with musicians such as Dewey Redman, Roy Ayers, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cobb, Eddie Henderson, Aloe Blacc, Bernie Worrell, Peter Apfelbaum, Billy Harper, and Vernel Fournier. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 McAll won Best Jazz Album for Mooroolbark.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Exit
(ft. Jimmy Cob & Vincent Herring) |
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| Widening Circles
(ft. Billy Harper, Ben Monder, Vincent Herring) |
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| Release the Day
(ft. Gary Bartz, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Joey Baron) |
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| Vivid
(with Badal Roy & Rufus Cappadocia) |
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| Mother of Dreams and Secrets '
(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Billy Harper) |
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| Baby Winter (with Genji Siraisi) |
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| Flashbacks
(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel) |
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| Blueprints |
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| Recollections |
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| Graft |
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| Chucky Vol.1Swirl Cauldron Swirl |
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| Solo Piano Live |
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| Mooroolbark |
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| Nourriture De L'Amour |
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| Hearing the Blood |
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| Zephyrix (with The Monash Art Ensemble) |
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| An Extra Celestial Christmas |
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| Lockdown Hard Drive Pearl Dive |
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| Third Wing (with Robert Vincs) |
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| Transitive Cycles |
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| Precious Energy
(ft. Gary Bartz & Hiatus Kaiyote) |
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| Precious Energy Re-Up
(ft. Gary Bartz, Steve Spacek, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampology) |
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| Piano Memoirs from Peggy Glanville-Hicks House |
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| Emerald Hands |
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Albums As A Sideman
edit- 1993 – Vince Jones – It All Ends Up In Tears
- 1993 – Bill Ware – Groove Thing (Eight Ball)
- 1994 – Kate Ceberano and Friends – ABC
- 1996 – Vince Jones – Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
- 1996 – Dale Barlow – Dale Barlow
- 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
- 1997 – Tim Rollinson – Cause + Effect Mercury Records
- 1997 – Jack Lee – Poong-Un – Nuevo
- 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
- 1998 – Slave Pianos – A Diagnosis Revolver Records
- 1999 – David Rex – Collision Course
- 1999 – Vince Jones – Virtue
- 1999 – The Whitlams – Love This City
- 1999 – Groove Collective – Declassified (Shanachie)
- 1999 – Gary Bartz – Live At The Jazz Standard
- 2000 – Phil Stack – Lucky You
- 2000 – LIVE and Hard to Find Groove Collective
- 2000 – Richard Worth – Rise (Giant Step)
- 2000 – DET Live! Vol. 2: Exclusive Live Performances from WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit
- 2001 – Vincent Herring – Save The World
- 2001 – Ron Trent
- 2001 – Groove Collective – Giant Step Record Sessions Vol.1 (Shanachie)
- 2001 – Groove Collective– It's All in Your Mind (Shanachie)
- 2002 – Groove Collective – Live And Hard To Find (live album) (Kufala Records)
- 2002 – Gary Bartz – Live At The Jazz Standard Vol 2
- 2002 – Ron Trent – Musical Reflections
- 2002 – Wangaratta Live – Jazzhead
- 2002 – Groove Collective – Brooklyn, NY 04.20.02 (live album) (Kufala Records)
- 2003 – Red Lotus – Make Way
- 2003 – Greg Gonzales – X=X
- 2003 – Jacam Manricks – Skies the Limit
- 2003 – Greta Gertler – The Baby That Brought Bad Weather
- 2004 – Jay Rodriguez and Ron Trent Olájopé – Batidos
- 2004 – DJ Jazzy Jeff – In The House
- 2004 – Fred Wesley and The JB's – Wuda Cuda Shuda
- 2004 – Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo – A Month Of Mondays
- 2005 – The Modern Congress – The Hidden Soul of Harmony (Casa Del Discos)
- 2005 – Fabio Morgera – The Voice Within
- 2005 – The Jay Collins Band – Poem For You Today
- 2006 – Jazzhead2006 – Jazzhead records compilation
- 2006 – Josh Roseman – 'Treats for the Night Walker
- 2006 – Groove Collective – People People Music Music Savoy Records
- 2006 – Greta Gertler – Pecadillo vocal feature "i'm not a lizard"
- 2006 – Ayla Napa Valley – Finest Ambient Tunes
- 2008 – Jazzhead – Jazzhead Vol 7.
- 2008 – Pamela Luss – Magnet
- 2007 – Groove Collective – PS1 Warm Up:Brooklyn, NY, July 2, 2005 (live album) (Kufala)
- 2007 – Umberto Echo – Dub Trail
- 2007 – Jojo Kuo – No Kelen Kelen – Goin Native Records
- 2008 – Josh Roseman – Constellations: live in Vienna (ENJA)
- 2008 – Jo Lawry – I Want To be Happy
- 2009 – Jonathan Zwartz – The Sea
- 2009 – Julien Wilson / Steve Magnusson – Kaleidoscopic (Jazzhead)
- 2009 – Sa-Ra – Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
- 2010 – Umberto Echo – Dub the World
- 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting
- 2010 – Blue Six – Noesis
- 2010 – Tom Browne – S'Up (Pony Canyon)
- 2010 – Sia – iTunes – Live in Sydney
- 2011 – Andy Bey – Companions Of The Lost Ark – ILM Recordings
- 2012 – Jazzhead12 – Jazzhead Records
- 2012 – Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior (OYO Records)
- 2012 – Tim Rollinson – The Protagonist (The Modern Congress)
- 2012 – Brad Jones – Avant Lounge (Ropeadope Records)
- 2012 – Tim Clarkson – Evolution Of Beauty – Dangerous Music Records
- 2012 – The Universal Thump – The Universal Thump
- 2013 – Jonathan Zwartz – The Remembering and Forgetting Of The Air
- 2013 – Julien Wilson – This Is Always ( Lionshare Records)
- 2014 – Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior Volume 2 (OYO Records)
- 2014 – Sparkler – Peter Apfelbaum – I Colored It In For You EP M.O.D. Technologies Bill Laswell
- 2014 – Aaron Comess – Aaron Comess Quintet
- 2015 – Julien Wilson – This Narrow Isthmus ( Lionshare Records)
- 2016 – Alice Bierhorst – The Beacon
- 2016 – Umberto Echo – Elevator Dubs
- 2016 – Jazztrack – Celebrating 40 Years – ABC
- 2017 – Sara Valenzuela – Fulgor
- 2018 – John Wesley Harding – Greatest Other Peoples Hits
- 2018 – Mike Rivett Quartet – Live At Cottage Point
- 2018 – Jonathan Zwartz – Animarum
- 2019 – Kian – Bliss – EMI Music
- 2019 – Laneous – Monstera Deliciosa- Soul Has No Tempo
- 2019 – Michael Jordan – AIM
- 2019 – How Much Is the Robot – Analog Bass Camp
- 2019 – The Art Of Fighting – Luna Low
- 2020 – Daniel Merriweather – "Rain" – (Rain Recordings)
- 2020 – Jazz 100 selected Highlights – ABC
- 2020 – Third Wing (with Rob Vincs)
- 2020 – MIJF – These Digital Times Compilation
- 2021 – Martha Marlow – Dont Want To Grow Up
- 2021 – Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground
- 2021 – Dewey Redman – Live In Chicago (Extracelestial Arts)
- 2021 – Billy Harper Quartet – Live In Brooklyn (Extracelestial Arts)
- 2023 – Jay Rodriegiez Sierra – Muthaflower (Jay Rodriguez Sierra)
- 2023 - Emma Donovan - Til My Song Is Done
Collaborator
edit- 1998 – Jonathan Zwartz, Hamish Stuart, Barney McAll – Zeeks Beek ABC/EMI
- 2005 – Jody Watley, Ron Trent, Barney McAll – Saturday Night Experience
- 2005 – Barney McAll, Genji Siraisi – Baby Winter
- 2006 – Barney McAll, Badal Roy, Rufus Cappadocia – Vivid
- 2008 – George Schuller, Barney McAll, Matt Pavolka – That Trio This
- 2009 – Sylent Running – Empathy Chip
- 2014 – Trio Feral – Don't Feed
- 2020 – Seven Wonders Compilation – Wondercore Island/Plug Seven
- 2020 – WatArtists Compilation – At Clouds Length
- 2020 – Third Wing (with Rob Vincs)
- 2021 – Sex On Toast – Take Your Mask Off
- 2022 - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
Arranger
edit- 1996 – Vince Jones – Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
- 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
- 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
- 1999 – Vince Jones – Virtue
- 2000 – Vince Jones – Live
- 2006 – Pamela Luss – There's Something About You I Don't Know
- 2007 – Pamela Luss – Your Eyes
- 2008 – Pamela Luss – Magnet
- 2008 – Paulette McWilliams – Flow
- 2010 – Tom Scott with Paulette McWilliams – Telling Stories
- 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting
Producer
edit- 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
- 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
- 2006 – Barney McAll, Badal Roy, Rufus Cappadocia – Vivid
- 2009 – Jacam Manricks – Labyrinths (co-producer)
- 2009 – Sylent Running – Empathy Chip
- 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting (co-producer)
- 2012 – Brad Jones – Avant Lounge (Ropeadope Records) (co-producer)
- 2018 – Global Intimacy – TQX (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2019 – Michael Jordan – AIM (co-producer)
- 2019 – An Extra Celestial Christmas –(Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2020 – Daniel Merriweather – "Rain" – (Rain Recordings) (co-producer)
- 2021 – Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground
- 2021 – Sex On Toast – Take Your Mask Off (Co-Producer, Co-Composer)
- 2022 – Precious Energy – (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2024 – Daniel Merriweather – “Love” – (New Dawn)
Solo Albums Producer
edit- 1996 – Exit (Jazzhead)
- 2000 – Release the Day (Transparent Music/Jazzhead)
- 2005 – Mother of Dreams and Secrets (Jazzhead)
- 2009 – Flashbacks (Extracelestial Arts)
- 2011 – Blueprints (Jazzhead)
- 2011 – Recollections – Best Of (Jazzhead)
- 2012 – Graft (Jazzhead)
- 2013 – Swirl Cauldron Swirl (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2013 – Solo Piano Live (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2015 – Mooroolbark (ABC Jazz)
- 2017 – Hearing The Blood (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2018 – Zephyrix with Monash Art Ensemble (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2018 – Global Intimacy – TQX (Extra Celestial Arts)
- 2022 – Precious Energy – (Extra Celestial Arts)
Film Score Credits
edit- The Forgotten Australians – SBS Broadcasting Group
- Pushing The Elephant – PBS
- The Position – Second Act Films
- We All Fall Down – The American Mortgage Crisis
- Overhere – Documentary – Reelworks/ Chanel Thirteen
- Bayshore – A Small Piece of The World
- Water Flowing Together – Gwendolen Cates/ PBS
- I Am Ahmed Ahmed
- Motherland Afghanistan – Aubin Pictures/ Independent Lens
- Hide and Seek – 20th Century Fox
- Kathy Griffin – Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
- Face Value
- Sacco and Vanzetti – Documentary by Peter Miller/ Ken Burns Florentine Films
- Peter Berner's Loaded Brush – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Liberia: An Uncivil War – Discovery/Times
- Brother to Brother – Rodney Evans- Independent Lens
- Freaks Like Me – Giraffe Partners
- Solstice
- Homecoming- Edwina Throsby
- Otto and Lumilla – John C Williams
- Necesidades- Fernando de France
- Facing The Dragon- Sedika Mojadidi
- Gertie's Law – Supreme Court Podcast
Compositional Works
edit- 1993 "Diminuet" Exploring the possibilities of the miniature (La Mama, Carlton, VIC)
- 1999 ¡¡EMANCIPATE THE DISSONANCE!! with Slave Pianos (Lombard-Freid Fine Arts NYC)
- 2004 Two lives in flux – and vice versa Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2009 "Vanishing Point" collaboration with video artist Janet Biggs (Claire Oliver Gallery NYC)
- 2015 "The Unanswered Question (once touched, remains unknown) " The University of Houston Choral Chorale Choir with Janet Biggs
- 2016 Zephyrix – Monash Art Ensemble
- 2016 Transitive Cycles – Federation Bells Commission, City Of Melbourne
- 2017 "Attrocity Slave" – Slave Pianos – Moscow Stations / Last Stop East – Part II – Continent of Sorrow
- 2018 "Trilogy Of Cycles" – Federation Bells Commission, City Of Melbourne
- 1999 ¡¡EMANCIPATE THE DISSONANCE!! with Slave Pianos (Lombard-Freid Fine Arts NYC)
- 2004 Two lives in flux – and vice versa Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2009 "Vanishing Point" collaboration with video artist Janet Biggs (Claire Oliver Gallery NYC)
- 2015 "The Unanswered Question" for UH Chorale Choir with Janet Biggs
- 2015 ZEPHYRIX for Monash Art Ensemble
Awards and nominations
editAIR Awards
editThe Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognize, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Graft | Best Independent Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Independent Jazz Album | Won | |
| 2023 | Precious Energy | Best Independent Jazz Album or EP | Nominated | [2][3] |
APRA Awards
editThe APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Hindered On His Way to Heaven" (with Vince Jones) | Best Jazz Composition | Won |
ARIA Music Awards
editThe ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Exit | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | [4] |
| 2012 | Graft | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | |
| 2018 | Hearing the Blood | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Zephyrix | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Precious Energy | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | [5] |
Art Music Awards
editThe Art Music Awards are presented each year by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hearing The Blood | Excellence In Jazz | Nominated |
Australian Jazz Bell Awards
editThe Australian Jazz Bell Awards (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia.[citation needed]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mother of Dreams And Secrets | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2010 | "Flashback" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Flashbacks | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2012 | "Nostalgia for the Present" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Graft | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2014 | TRIO FERAL: DONT FEED | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2016 | "ASIO" | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | |
| 2016 | "Nectar Spur" | Best Jazz Song | Won | |
| 2017 | ASIO | Best Ensemble | Won | |
| 2017 | Hearing the Blood | Best Album | Won | |
| 2017 | Hearing the Blood | Best Produced Album | Won | |
| 2017 | "Love Is The Blood" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Zephyrix | Best Instrumental Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Zephyrix | Best Produced Album | Won |
Australian Music Prize
edit| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Zephyrix | Best Album | Nominated |
| 2022 | Precious Energy | Best Album | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
editThe Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or just Grammy, is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize "Outstanding Achievement in the music industry" of the United States. [citation needed]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | People People, Music Music | Best Independent Jazz Album (With Groove Collective) | Nominated |
Music Victoria Awards
editThe Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | [6][7] |
| 2018 | Hearing The Blood | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Precious Energy | Best Jazz Work | Won | [8][9] |
Other Awards
edit- 1990 Winner Jazz Piano Award at the Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz
- 1998 Best Jazz Composition Award from NSW Jazz Action society
- 2007-2008 Australia Council Fellowship
- 2015 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer Residency
References
edit- ^ ARIA Music Awards for Barney McAll:
- Search Results 'Barney McAll': "Search Results for 'Barney McAll'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 1996 winners and nominees: "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2012 winners and nominees: "Winners By Year 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2015 nominations: Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015). "Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations". musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2015 winners: "And the ARIA Awards Goes to..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Nominees Announced for the Australian Independent Music Awards 2023". Music Feeds. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards". Music Feeds. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Lars Brandle (12 October 2022). "Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)". The Music Network. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Nominees for Industry-Voted Categories Announced". Music Victoria. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Winners". Scenestr. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.